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Primary Architects: Cameron Ahana
Description
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OpenJDK is becoming a popular alternative to the commercial version of OracleJDK. Oracle will not charge companies if they are on the current version of OracleJDK but their release cadence (sometimes as quick as 6 months) makes it difficult for companies to keep pace. Oracle argues that the releases are not "major" releases so the migration is not as daunting a task as many perceive it to be [1]. Java applications running in the ITC data center are on OracleJDK 8.
| Release | Oracle GA Date | Oracle Premier Support Until | Oracle Extended Support Until | Oracle Sustaining Support | Amazon Corretto EOSL |
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| 8** | March 2014 | March 2022 | December 2030 | Indefinite | Jun 2023 or later |
| 9 (non‑LTS) | September 2017 | March 2018 | Not Available | Indefinite | |
| 10 (non‑LTS) | March 2018 | September 2018 | Not Available | Indefinite | |
| 11 (LTS) | September 2018 | September 2023 | September 2026 | Indefinite | Aug 2024 or later |
| 12 (non‑LTS) | March 2019 | September 2019 | Not Available | Indefinite | |
| 13 (non‑LTS) | September 2019 | March 2020 | Not Available | Indefinite | |
| 14 (non‑LTS) | March 2020*** | September 2020 | Not Available | Indefinite | |
| 15 (non‑LTS) | September 2020*** | March 2021 | Not Available | Indefinite |
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html
Deployment Strategy
Experimental |
Strategic (3-5 Years) |
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Tactical (1-2 Years) |
Containment |
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Retirement |
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Emerging Trends
- The InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAP) is containerizing its components using Amazon's Corretto JDK.
- The IAM team is deploying TAP components, starting with Grouper.
More vendors are transitioning to an OpenJDK implementation.
- OpenJDK implementation matrix [2] and overview of JDK vendors [3]
- Difference between OracleJDK and OpenJDK [4]
- Opinions from okta [5]
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